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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. PECK, O SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED BLACKING-BRUSH AND BLACKING-BOX.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 374.696 datedDecember 13, 1887.

Application filed November 11,1886. Serial No. 218,657. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PECK, of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispocounty, State of California, have invented an Improvement in CombinedBlackingBrushand BlackingBox; and I hereby declare the fol` lowing to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a new and useful combined brush and box forblacking purposes; and my invention consists ina brush the frame orstock of which on its back is provided with a spring-metal plate,forming a clamp, and a box tting upon the back of said stock or frame,under the plate or clamp, whereby itis secured in place, said box havingno other cover or lid than that furnished by said plate or clamp, as Ishall hereinafter fully describe.

The object of my invention is to provide a blacking-brush andblackingbox intimately united or connected, so that the two may bealways found together and be ready for im mediate and convenient use.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my combinedblackingbrush and blacking-box. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same,showing the blacking-box partially pulled out from its seat, in order toshow the absence of its cover or lid.

A is the blackingbrush, of any suitable pattern, though I prefer thestyle here shown. On the back of the frame or stock a of thebrush isfirmly secured a plate, B, which is made of spring metal, so that it mayform a clamp. The plate B is approximately of the contour and area ofthe back portion of the frame or stock of the brush over which itextends, being separated therefrom by a space sufficient' for thereception of the blackingbox.

have a cover or lid, as usual, is preferably formed without one, so thatwhen said box is removed completely from its connection with the brushits contents shall be immediately and fully exposed. The box fits-uponthe back of the stock or frame of the brush, under the plate B, which,being of a springy character, clamps said box firmly to its seat,

C is the blacking-box, which, though it may and acts at the same time asa cover or lid for said box. In use, the box is first removed from itsplate, so that its contents may be reached by the rubber portion of thebrush.

When the operation is nished, the box is Having thus described myinvention,what IA claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In combination with the blackingbrush A, having a frame or stock, a, thespring plate or clamp B on the back of said frame or stock, and thecoverless blacking-box C, fitting on the .back of the fram-e or stock,under the plate or clamp, which holds it to its place and forms a coverfor it, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set-my hand.

GEORGE `W. PECK.

i Witnesses:

H. S. Oseoon, BILL FINK.

